Chapter 15 015 Budding

"I ate." Yue Ling peered at the boy's expression from beneath his thick hair. "I ate with Ling Zhi."

"Ling Zhi?" Yin Chu Jiu was stunned for a few seconds when she first heard the name before she remembered who she was.

Isn't that the girl's name?

Because the girl appears quite early in the story and doesn't have much screen time, he initially just came up with a name and wrote a few chapters using it. Later, as the story progressed, he completely forgot about the name.

He recognized the girl a couple of days ago, but compared to Gong Yunxi, the girl's presence was much less noticeable, and he couldn't remember her name for a moment.

What's going on here? How does Yue Ling know the girl's name?

Could it be...?

Could it be that Yue Ling has been spending all his time with that girl these past few days?

Seriously? In this world, Yue Ling only met that girl once, and he already fell in love with her so quickly?

Couldn't he see that the girl had ulterior motives?

Who would happen to be passing by and save him? Isn't Yue Ling supposed to be very vigilant? How could he so easily believe the girl's words!

Considering how many years he had spent trying to soften Yue Ling's heart, how could that girl have gained Yue Ling's trust in just one day?

Is it just because she's a girl, or just because she's pretty?

He knows that opposites attract and likes repel, but could you please not show it so blatantly?

I'm so jealous, Yin Chu Jiu is really jealous.

Feeling very uncomfortable, Yin Chu Jiu said, "Oh, I know." She was genuinely angry.

But he paused and said, "Yue Ling, I think you should be more careful. You're not familiar with that girl, so don't go out to eat with her so easily."

After saying that, he lowered his head and pretended to calmly begin eating.

He had prepared the meal for so long, and he had been worried sick all this time, but Yue Ling was out with a girl.

Really...

True to his persona, he is cold-hearted and inhuman.

The more he thought about it, the more upset he became. He couldn't even taste the food. Unable to bear it any longer, he decided to remind the boy again not to trust people so much, especially someone he had only known for a few days.

He looked up and found the boy staring at him, not just in a normal way, but intently, as if he were thinking about something.

The boy had never looked at him like that before, making Yin Chu Jiu feel slightly uncomfortable and a little nervous.

"W-What's wrong?" Yin Chu Jiu touched her face and said dryly, "Is there food on my face?"

"No." The boy spoke again. He was unusually talkative today, and he seemed somewhat satisfied. He said, seemingly out of the blue, "You passed."

After saying this, the boy went inside and resumed practicing his skills with the booklet.

qualified?

Yin Chu Jiu was stunned. What did Yue Ling mean by that?

Suddenly, with a clatter, Yin Chu Jiu snapped back to reality. He looked down and realized that the chopsticks he was holding had fallen. This realization was alarming. He immediately stood up and looked at Yue Ling, who was practicing martial arts in the room with only his upper body showing, and broke out in a cold sweat.

He knew what Yue Ling meant by those words.

In his setting, Yue Ling is a dark protagonist with an abnormally precise record of revenge value. He keeps a record in his mind of everyone who has wronged him, and when that person's actions exceed that record, he will kill them.

He would also punish other people who wronged him according to different values.

What Yue Ling just said about being qualified means that he passed, but his score was not recorded.

So, was he just subtly tested by Yue Ling?

If what he says doesn't meet Yue Ling's expectations...

Hold!

Yin Chu Jiu couldn't help but curse under his breath, realizing that all his efforts over the past few years had been wasted!

Wait a minute, Yin Chu Jiu felt a chill run down her spine and suddenly realized something was wrong. His setting was only clearly written after the protagonist soared to great heights. In the early part of the story, it was only mentioned lightly in the later part of the plot, as a foreshadowing.

The main character is only a few years old, and the story has only just begun. How come Yue Ling has already started counting at this point?

Also, why would Yue Ling use that girl's situation to test him?

Hold!

Yin Chu Jiu couldn't help but curse inwardly again. Could it be that this world automatically filled in the gaps again, just like the insult at the dilapidated temple?

This is really...

Can't this world be given some good plot points? Why does it have to be filled with all sorts of messy and nonsensical elements?

Feeling terrible, Yin Chu Jiu didn't eat well at dinner that night, nor did he sleep well. He spent the whole night listening to the sounds coming from the next room. He had done this when he first moved in with Yue Ling, and he never expected that he would have to be so careful again seven years later.

Having not slept well, Yin Chu Jiu woke up early the next day. He prepared breakfast, ate it himself, and left some for Yue Ling before heading out. He had two plans for the day: one was to tidy up the cave in the morning, and the other was to observe how Yue Ling and the girl interacted.

He could have let it go if he didn't know before, but now that he does, he can't let Yue Ling spend time with that girl.

The two of them have been spending several days together, but it's unclear how far their relationship has progressed.

That noon, the girl was still waiting at the dilapidated temple, and the boy arrived as promised.

When the boy arrived, the girl took him out to play, just like the previous times they had met.

The girl bought the boy several large white steamed buns. After several such encounters, the boy reached out to take the buns, but this time the girl didn't hand them to him immediately. Instead, she pouted at him and said in a coquettish tone, "I want to eat candied hawthorns. Can you buy me a skewer?"

The girl bought the boy steamed buns several times, so it's only right that the boy buys the girl candied hawthorns once.

The boy nodded to the girl. He didn't smile, but the gentleness and tolerance in his eyes were unmistakable. The girl lowered her head shyly, and the boy turned around to buy candied hawthorns.

The boy quickly bought the candied hawthorns, and the girl handed him the steamed buns, urging him to eat them quickly before they got cold. But the boy said he didn't want to eat them yet; he had a place he wanted to take the girl to, the most beautiful place he had discovered in all these years, and he wanted to share it with her.

Hearing this, the girl felt that the boy truly cared for her, and that her plan should go smoothly, so she nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Following the boy, they arrived at a secluded and quiet grove of trees with beautiful scenery.

The girl sighed for a moment, then smiled and turned around, offering the boy a steamed bun while she ate a candied hawthorn. She thought the boy wouldn't refuse, but when she looked at him, she found him staring at her with an emotionless gaze, like a monster eyeing its prey.

"Yue... Yue Ling, why do you look at me like that?" Ling Zhi asked somewhat uneasily.

Yue Ling raised her chin slightly, her eyelids drooping, and asked in a seemingly lazy but actually dangerous tone, "You don't know?"

He took out a steamed bun, which still had some undissolved white powder on it.

"Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to do it."

Ling Zhi swallowed hard, thinking that Yue Ling probably wouldn't notice anything. She was about to make an excuse, but before she could speak, the boy in front of her raised his hand and slashed at her. The next moment, she felt a pain in the back of her neck and lost consciousness.

Yue Ling stared down at the girl on the ground, a mocking and chilling look in his cold eyes.

very.

Meanwhile, Yin Chu Jiu, who was hiding to the side because she was so worried about Yue Ling that she had shamelessly gone to Yin Chu San for help, was speechless: "!!!"

I have to say... no wonder he's the protagonist...

Yin Chusan was also stunned. Staring at Yue Ling in the clearing in the distance, a chill ran down his spine. Was this Yue Ling? Was this the Yue Ling they had bullied since childhood?!

While the two were still in shock, Yue Ling had already begun to act. He took out a rope from somewhere and tied it to Ling Zhi, who was lying unconscious on the ground. If things continued like this, the next step should be Yue Ling taking revenge on the girl.

Just then, four men suddenly rushed out. The four men were wearing matching blue short jackets, each with the character "宫" (palace) embroidered on it.

People from the Gong family!

Yin Chu Jiu immediately stood up and ran over there. Yin Chu San also reacted and ran over as well.

However, they were a bit far apart, and before they could run over, the four people had already surrounded Yue Ling.

The leader of the four looked down at Yue Ling with disdain and said to the other three, "Hurry up and tie this monster up and take him away." It was this monster who had wasted too much of their time, and the young master was already very dissatisfied.

After giving his orders, the leader looked at the unconscious girl on the ground with a look of disgust.

Just as he had imagined, it was useless.

They still have to take action themselves, otherwise it's hard to say when they'll be able to complete the task.

Just then, the leader heard the sounds of fighting and the wails of adult men coming from the side. He turned his head and saw the monster he thought was his for the taking fighting back. The monster had picked up a stick from somewhere on the ground and was fighting with the men.

The leader clicked his tongue.

Wasn't it said that the monster couldn't cultivate and was just an ordinary person? Then where did he learn his moves from?

These people are useless.

No wonder their operation failed last time.

The leader is the most powerful among them, having reached the ninth level of the Human Pearl realm. He is only one level away from entering the Earth Pearl realm, which is even higher than Yin Chu Jiu's cultivation level.

He shoved the group aside and reached out to grab Yue Ling. With his movement, it seemed as if he had stirred up the energy in the air; instantly, Yue Ling, targeted by the leader, was almost unable to move.

Yue Ling's face was deathly pale, and she was sweating profusely, but her eyes were fixed coldly on the large hand.

He knew that if that hand reached out, he would be caught. He also knew that even though he had practiced martial arts for several years, he was still no match for that hand.

He had anticipated that the girl would collude with the Gong family, but he hadn't foreseen that the Gong family would follow behind her on this day.

Filled with deep resentment, Yue Ling stared intently at the descending hand, his dark eyes fixed on it. Even as he was about to be grabbed, he did not close his eyes.

However, what Yue Ling didn't expect was that just as he was about to be caught, a figure he knew all too well stood in front of him. The man stretched out his hand to block the large hand, but he wasn't strong enough, and in that instant, he spat out blood.

It is Yin Chu Jiu.

Yin Chu Jiu was furious. How could the Gong family be so shameless? Having barely managed to block the man's attack, Yin Chu Jiu quickly turned back and shouted to Yue Ling, "Yue Ling, run! Go hide outside the city!"

The boy didn't move.

Yin Chu Jiu panicked, "Run!"

The boy remained motionless.

Yue Ling was stunned and lost in thought. He had only one thought in his mind: the person who kept saying he would make it up to him was really risking his life to protect him.

Author's Note:

Yin Chu Jiu (frantic): Why aren't you running yet!

Yue Ling (stunned and lost in thought): He really risked his life to protect him.